"But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD." — Exodus 5:17

Exodus 5:17 · KJV

“But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.”

— Exodus 5:17

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants {are} beaten; but the fault {is} in thine own people.

Verse 18

Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

Exodus 5 — Context

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants {are} beaten; but the fault {is} in thine own people.

But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.

Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

And the officers of the children of Israel did see {that} they {were} in evil {case}, after it was said, Ye shall not minish {ought} from your bricks of your daily task.

Cross References

Matthew 26:8

But when his disciples saw {it}, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose {is} this waste?

John 6:27

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}

Exodus 5:8

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish {ought} thereof: for they {be} idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go {and} sacrifice to our God.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-11

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.